A day after President Trump threatened North Korea with “fire and fury,” his top advisers lowered the heat. The comments embodied the president’s approach to foreign policy, an improvisational style that often leaves his national security team unsure of what he is going to say or do. When President Trump threatened North Korea with “fire and fury,” he could have been employing a strategy used by Richard M. Nixon. Gen. Kim Rak-gyom, commander of North Korean missile units, said the launching of missiles would be a warning to the United States. North Korea warned that it was considering a strike that would create “an enveloping fire” around the island of Guam. Guam has been threatened by North Korea before. How does this situation compare? Share your thoughts. North Korea’s nuclear program is serious, but research on foreign threats and bellicose rhetoric suggests that Americans can hold off on building bomb shelters. 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